The story of a highly religious, innocent yet adamant woman who was convicted of the murder of her husband “Yetta” and now lives in Kannur jail. Notion Press, India’s leading self-publishing platform, presents to you The Crooked Shadows in Heaven by Babu Chathur – a tale of a woman behind bars and the husband she loved even to the extent of being blind to his faults.

This book is based on an actual incident reported on 19th January, 2005 in the local newspapers in Chathur. Sindhu, a god-fearing, loving wife is a home nurse attached to the Jayan family. In a series of unfortunate events she is convicted of the murder of her husband and she spends her life in Kannur jail.

This book is a beautiful story that spans the 37 years of Sindhu’s life with excerpts from her personal diary to better understand her. This is the story of a woman who loved her husband more than life itself, a woman who fell prey to the trials of the world. Available on notionpress.com and other leading e-commerce websites Amazon and Flipkart.

Babu Chathur (pseudonym) is an expatriate UK resident of Indian (Madras) origin, now

living in Chathur and locally called ‘Writer Babu.’ An economist in London, he found

himself in Chathur looking for his ancestral home and landed property which he bequeathed

from an obscure uncle. Initially, he intended to dispose of all his properties and return back to

the UK. However, he changed his mind and stayed back in Chathur, to write his

memoirs, when he fell in love with Geetha, his uncle’s adopted daughter. The love affair

landed him in a huge scandal and he was forced to flee back to the UK, out of shame.

Upon returning, he wrote about the bitter experiences he had with certain individuals from Chathur, who were part of the said scandal. This was published under the title Big Frogs of the Small Well of Chathur—by Authors Online. Around two and a half years later, the people of

Chathur realized their folly and welcomed him back with open arms. Subsequent events and

his unique experiences were recorded and published under the title Big Frogs of the Small

Well of Chathur–Part 2 which was also published by Authors Online.

Chathur is a small fictional village located somewhere along the border between the three

states: Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.